 Well, let me tell you, (said Goldsmith), when my tailor brought home my bloomcoloured coat, he said, ' Sir, I have a favour to beg of you. When any body asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water-lane.  The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: From a Variety of Original Sources - Page 365by Sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 602 pages
...strange colour * Public Advertiser, Sept. llth, 1769.— Crokcr's Boswell*s Johnson, vol. ii. p. 71. would attract crowds to gaze at it, and thus they...charged to Goldsmith on that day ; the entry terms it a "a half-dress suit of ratteen, lined with silk," and the price twelve guineas. But his dress has been... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 600 pages
...1769. — Croker's Boswell's Johnson, vol. ii. p. 71. would attract crowds to gaze at it, and thus Jhey might hear of him, and see how well he could make...charged to Goldsmith on that day ; the entry terms it a "a half-dress suit of ratteen, lined with silk," and the price twelve guineas. But his dress has been... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 pages
...strange colour * Public Advertiser, Sept. llth, 1769.—Crokcr's Boswell's Johnson, vol. ii. p. 71. would attract crowds to gaze at it, and thus they...date of this dinner, October 16th, is creditable to Bos well's accuracy, as on reference to the tailor's account books already mentioned, it appears that... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 606 pages
...strange colour * Public Advertiser, Sept. llth, 1769.— Croker's Boswell's Johnson, vol. ii. p. 71. would attract crowds to gaze at it, and thus they...of him, and see how well he could make a coat of so ahsurd a colour.' " The date of this dinner, October 16th, is creditable to Boswell's accuracy, as... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...body asks who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane.' " Johnson, ' Why, sir, that was because he knew the...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat, even of so absurd a colour.' He said, ' Goldsmith's Life of Parnell is poor ; not that it is poorly... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...Why, sir, that was because he knew the strange colour would attract crowds to gaze at it, and thui they might hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat, even of so absurd a colour.' He said, ' Goldsmith's Life of Parnell is poor ; not that it is poorly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 608 pages
...who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water-lane." " JOHMsoir. " Why, sir, that was because he knew the strange colour...hear of him, and see how well he could make a coat even of so absurd a colour." After dinner our conversation turned first upon Pope. Johnson said, his... | |
 | 1852 - 790 pages
...clothes, bepleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane.' " " Why, sir," cried Johnson, " that was because he knew the strange colour would...at it, and thus they might hear of him, and see how veil he could make a coat of so absurd a colour." Other reasons besides vanity, as Bozzy thinks, may... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...body asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water Lane.1" ith apple dumplings. ' 44 He said he had known several...correct in quantity. He extended the same observa even of so absurd a colour."4 After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said, his... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 1298 pages
...John Filby, at the Harrow in Water ' " Lane." ' ' Why, sir,' remarked Johnson, ' that was be' cause he knew the strange colour would attract crowds to...hear of him, and see how ' well he could make a coat, even of so absurd a colour.' Crowds have been attracted to gaze at it, and Mr. Filby^s bloom-coloured... | |
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